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' INVENTOR M. SMALL FIBROUS CONTAINER Filed Feb. 5, I927 ZSheets-Sheet 2 Milton Small,

May 27, 1930.

Patented May 27, 1930 UNITED STATES;

PATENT ormca MILTON SMALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YOTRJK rnmous con-runes.

Application filed February 5,1927. Serial in. 166,047.

these clothing boxes, as its features may beapplied to any size desired.

The main object of theinvention is to provide a box which will have a base rlgid enough to stand upright without sagging when it is once opened up from the folded or fiat position.

Referring tothe drawings:

Figure 1, is a plan view of a blank indicating the folds and creasings for a cover.

Figure 2, illustrates the cover of Figure 1, completed and folded.

Figure 3, illustrates the cover in perspective when open. 7

Figure 4, is a view similar to Figure 1, il-

lustrating the blank for the main receptacle.

Figure 5, illustratesthe blank of Figure 4, with its parts secured and folded in a knock down or flat position.

Figure 6, is a perspective view of the complete receptacle without the cover.

Figure 7, is a fragmentary view illustrating the end partially folded, prior to assuming position of Figure 6.

In knock down boxes, particularly those been customar to make a top and bottom similar to the orm illustrated in the cover of Figures 1 to 3, but without providing crease lines to permit folding down the parts so that the empties may be transported in the flat, and in bundles.

It hasbeen a ractice to make up boxes with the top and bottom of the general form of Figs. 1 to 3, with securing means for the inturned overlapping portions so that the top and bottom, would telescope one with reference to the other. Such boxes have had to be shipped to the consumer or user as complete boxes. This, necessarily, has required a good 59 deal of space for packing and storing.

' for packing and transporting clothing, it has Necessity for so making the boxes as complete units was to give the necessary strength and stability so that the user could readily pack his goods therein.

Any form of foldin receptacle which could be shipped in the at has, so far as applicant knows, been too unstable. As a result, a base or receptacle ortion of the box, when laid on the bench fbr packing, would sag out at the ends requiring a good amount of time for adjusting and holding while the covers were applied.

It is not so essential that the covers have such great strength, but the bases must be firm and strong. 1

With these motives in mind, the present invention'has been developed to give a bottom receptacle of unusual strength and stability, when opened from a folded or flat position to that in which it is to be used for filling.

Of course, it'is possible and intended to use a base form such as illustrated in Figs. 4 to 6, both for the base and cover Where extra strength is required, but for ordinary pur poses, the lighter form of cover of Figs. 1 to 3, may be employed with the base form of Figs. 4 to 6. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 to 3, 1, indicates a blank of substantially rectangular form, which is slit at its corners, as at 2, 3, 4, 5. These slits extend in to the blank to the juncture of the crease lines 6, 7, 8, 9.

The crease lines, illustrated by dotted lines, indicate the size of the cover when'the sides and ends are folded up:

There are also crease lines 10, 11, 12, 13, formed substantially at right angles to the slits 2, 3, 4, 5. I

The blank is then folded on the crease lines 6, 7 8 and 9, leaving the sides 14, 15, in raised position with reference to the bottom of the portion of the blank, the ends, 16, 17 are then bent upward forming a rectangular receptacle cover.

The end portions between the slits 2, 3, 4, 5, and the fold lines'6, 7, 8, 9, are turned in and the side portions between the slits 2, 3, 4, 5, and crease lines 7 9, are folded about the end as illustrated in Figure 3. When in this position, firmly stapled by clips, 18, or otherwise suitably'secured, the crease lines 10, 11, 12, 13, now permit the laying down of the sides 14, 15, upon the base, giving the form illustrated in' Fig. 2. Thus, the devices may be shipped in the flat, in shooks, occupying a comparatively small space.

In Figs. 4 to 6, of the drawings, the main receptacle 1, has quite an entirely different arrangement of folds and creasings to give greater stability container.

In Figure 4, is illustrated the blank, which is not slit diagonally from the corners, as indicated'in Figure 1, but has longitudinal creasings a, b, and transverse creasings c, 01. These creasings extend theentire length and breadth of the blank so there are formed corner sections that are united alongthe lines of the creases respectively with the portions of the blank that constitute the sides and the ends of the box or receptacle. It. will be blank, and from the creasings a, b, and d,

there are diagonal creasings e, '7, at the opposite end of the blank.

The sides i, is, beyond the creasings a, -b, and the corner sections are folded in against the blank and are firmly secured thereto by staples, eyelets, or other securing means as 7', (Figs. 5 and 6) the securing means being arranged along the end edges of the corner sections thus uniting suchedges to the ends. %his forms the knock down as illustrated in The diagonal creasings'e, f, g, h, are made from the bottom of the blank and as a re-- sult, when the knock down form of Fig. 5' is opened by raising the sides 2', is, these creasings permit a folding of the ends of the blank into the position illustrated in Figure 6, giving a three ply corner for the end of the receptacle, formed by the corner section of the blank, the folded-over triangular section of the end which-is bounded by one of the diagonal creases, and the end section proper against which the folded part rests with a comparatively short intermediate section.

This method of folding and fastening secures a rigid structure which, when opened up from the folded blank of Figure 5, gives 'the stiff receptacleof Figure 6.

The stiffening at the ends by having the plies secured and folded, as indicated, holds the box ends firmly in upright position, there being no tendency while the box is being filled, of the ends sagging back.

Fastening devices for the end of the receptacle are not of tremendous importance, but

to the bottom section of the,

'hereinbefore indicated.

There is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, a novel arrangement for holding the ends of the box in position and at the same time securing the contents of the package. This arrangement has particular advantages when used in the clothing trade where it is de-'- sirable to tie down the contents of the box after it is filled.

To effect the result, theh e'yelets are placed as at 1, 2, 3, 4, in the folding portions of at the lower edge of the end fold.

Eyelets 6, 7, 8, 9, are arranged in .the side folds and bottom at some little distance from the end fold.

A cord or tape 10, is passed through the eyelets 1', 2', 3', 4: and the two ends of the the blank and a central eyelet 5. is arranged cord are then passed through the eyelet, 5,

then they are passed through-the eyelets 7, 9', in the bottom of the box and back through the eyelets 6', 8, in the'sides.

This arrangement of cords and eyelets forms a sort of bridle which permits the box to be folded down, as indicated in Figure 5, and when opened up as illustrated in Figs. 6, and 7, the cords are pulled tightly and tied over the contents of the box, thus they firmly secure the ends in upright position and hold the contents.

Of course, the two ends of the cord might be tied together or secured in any suitable manner without being used to tie in the contents. They would then serve to hold the box firmly in upright position without reference 0 also holding down the contents of the Obviously, the exact form and arrangement of the folds and parts of. the box may be modified to suit the requirements, but the main feature is to provide a box blank slit and creased so that it may be folded and securely fastened as to certain of its elements and then again folded to provide a receptacle of suitable size.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A container formed from a rectangular container, the creasesextending to the edges of the blank and intersecting to form corner sections, which latter are integral and united with both the sides and the ends,the sides folded the corner sections beingunited with the ends near the free edges of the latter,

and the ends being diagonally creased form the intersections of the longitudinal and transverse creases of the blank to the free corners of the overlying corner sections.

' 2. A container formed from avpaper blank creased parallel to its sides to form the sides and ends of the container, the sides and ends being connected with each other by integral corner sections arranged to be folded over the ends when the box is set up and a binding cord that passes through the said folding over portions and also through the ends proper at points intermediate the folded over portions, and which, after passing through the ends also passes through the bottom of the container from the inside to the outside, and then from the outside through the sides of the container to the inside of the latter whereby said parts may be drawn together and held in set up position on the tightening of the cord. I

- MILTON SMALL. 

